Plant-shield.



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PLANT SHIELD.

APPLICATION men JUNE 11, 1914.

1,142,991 Patented June 15, 1915.

31111011101 LJ T Suddiclh LOU ISE F. SUDDICK, OF DE SOTO, MISSOURI.

PLANT-SHIEJLJ).

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed June 17, 1914. Serial No. 845,648.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LOUISE F. SUDDIGK, a citizen of the United States, residing at De Soto, in the county of Jefferson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plant-Shields, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to protecting shields, and more particularly to a shield adapted for use by horticulturists, for protccting tender plants from frost or the hot rays of the sun, and the primary object of the invention is the provision of an approximately cone shaped protecting shield which flares outwardly at the bottom, having its apex positioned upwardly and which protective shield has a supporting rod connected to the apex thereof and extending downwardly through the interior of the shield for insertion into the ground for supporting the protective shield about a small plant.

An object of the provision of a cone shaped shield is to provide a shield for the purpose heretofore described which will present a maximum amount of'resistance, and a minimum amount of exposure to the action of the wind, so that it will be less liable to be blown at ay than a shield which carried its diameter farther up toward the top; the flaring bottom resting on the ground, forming a brace against the wind, and the pointed or cone shaped top presenting the minimum of exposure to the action of the wind.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a view of the blank of which the protective cone shaped shield is formed, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the improved plant shield protector, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the plant shield, Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view through the shield.

Referring more particularly to the drawrugs, 1 designates the substantially cone shaped shield which is constructed of a blank of any sui able material, such as paper or similar material, which will partially re sist moisture so as to resist decomposition by atmospherical conditions. The blank of which the cone shield 1 is formed has the point of the apex cut away for a small dis tance, 1n a straight horizontal line, and an approximately semi-circular notch made therein for the insertion of the supporting stem or rod as hereinafter described.

The object in cutting away the extreme top or apex is to provide for an increased overlapping surface of the marginal edges at the point where the supporting stem or rod passes through and clamps or otherwise fastens to the shield, so that it will better with stand the wear occasioned by the fastening of the said stem or rod.

The cone shaped shield 1 has a supporting stem or rod 3 secured to the apex thereof and ext nding downwardly through the 3-11- tral vertical axis of the cone which rod is of greater length than the height of the cone so as to provide a lower terminal end for in sertion into the ground for supporting; the protective shield 1 over the plant.

In Figs. 92, 3 and 41 of the drawings, the rod 3 is shown constructed of a strand of wire. which has its upper'end bent downwardly at 4 and laterally at 5 formin a convolution 6 which encompasses the apex of the cone shaped shield for securely attaching the shield to the rod in a supporting manner which will permit of a vibratory movement of the cone shaped. shield 1, so that the rod 3 may be inserted into the ground to one side of the plant (not shown) and the cone moved so as to cover the plant, thereby eliminating the liability of injuring the root of the plant.

If it is so desired, the protective shield 10 may be constructed of corrugated material, or any other suitable type of material, as desired, this feature being regulated by the desires of the manufacturer of the device.

In reducing the invention to practice, certain minor features of construct-ion, combination and arrangement of parts may he cessita-te alterations to which the patentee is .entitled, provided such alterations are comprehended Wlthin the scope of What is claimed.

What is claimed is In a, plant protective shield structure, a substantially cone shaped shield having a supporting stem extending vertically through the same, said stem having its upper end bent sinuously for encompassing engageinent with the apex on said shield for 10 securing the shield to said stem.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUISE F. SUDDICK.

Witnesses:

J. L. FARLEY, GEO. W. HODGES. 

